The ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 control is an easy-to-operate CNC for vertical knee and bed mills, and is available with an optional AMIG2 console offering users the ability to use common interfaces as well as control its host machine tool's spindle.
The complete machining of cylindrical bores from raw part to precise, controllable tolerances in just one setup on its H Series machining center dramatically reduces tooling and machine cost as well as machining times, according to Heller.
In the future, high feed rates and high accelerations are no longer excluded with large, heavy telescopic steel covers. Hennig has developed a transport mechanism especially for this type of use, for speeds between 98 feet and 262 feet per minute (30 and 80 meters per minute).
Available from ITI Tooling Co. Inc., the SAUTER family of crown-type live tool turrets, typically used on multi-station and in-line transfer machines, has recently been upgraded and expanded, with the largest having a standard drive motor rating of up to 20 hp.
The new EWN 2-50XL Boring Kit from BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. now offers a turnkey precision boring tooling solution for the diameter range of .700"-6.000" in its entirety.
A line of gold-plated copper laser mirrors for Mazak and Mitsubishi high power lasers that are in-stock for overnight shipment is available from Laser Research Optics.